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New Delhi, Apr 24: Congress leader Renuka Chowdhary on Tuesday said that even Parliament was not immune to 'casting couch' and urged that India should stand up and also say #MeToo. "It is not just in the film industry. It happens everywhere and it is the bitter truth. Don't imagine that Parliament is immune or other workplaces are immune to it. It is time that India stood up and said #MeToo," she

New Delhi, Apr 24: In an all-out attack on Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Congress chief Rahul Gandhi on Monday said the country may burn, women may be raped, Dalits and minorities may be attacked but all that the Prime Minister was interested in is how to get to the high office again. “Modiji is interested only in Modiji and he isn’t interested in anything else. How does Narendra Modi become PM

Coimbatore, Apr 24: The Coimbatore Police today arrested a 1998 serial blast convict after a recorded telephonic conversation went viral on social media in which he is purportedly heard saying he is planning to kill Prime Minister Narendra Modi, police said. They said the eight-minute long conversation, which is being circulated on social media, was between a man, who has completed a jail term in

New Delhi, Apr 24: A query on when the Rs 15 lakh promised by Prime Minister Narendra Modi during his 2014 election campaign would be transferred to people's bank accounts, does not come under the definition of information under the RTI Act and so cannot be answered, the PMO has told the Central Information Commission. RTI applicant Mohan Kumar Sharma filed a plea on November 26, 2016 - nearly 18

New Delhi, Apr 23: Union Minister for Minority Affairs Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi said that for the first time after the independence, a record number of Muslims from the country will go to Haj this year without any subsidy. Naqvi added this year a total of 1,28,002 pilgrims will go through Haj Committee of India which includes about 47 percent females. Speaking at a function in Mumbai, the Minister said

Beijing, Apr 23: External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj on Monday asked Indian and Chinese to learn each other's language as it will help them overcome communication barriers, resulting in further strengthening the relationship between the two nations. Swaraj, who is on a visit here, made the remarks during a programme, titled 'Contribution of Hindi in India-China Friendship', organised by the

New Delhi, Apr 23: Shares of Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) on Monday surged over 4 per cent, following which the IT major became the first listed Indian company to hit market capitalisation of over USD 100 billion (Rs 6,80,912.10 crore). Shares of the company today opened at Rs 3,429, rising 4.39 per cent to touch an intra-day high of Rs 3,557 on BSE. Following the uptick in the counter, the

Mumbai, Apr 23: Shiv Sena leader Sachin Sawant was shot dead on Sunday night allegedly by two gunmen on a motorbike in suburban Kandivali in Mumbai, police said. The incident occurred around 8 pm when two men riding a motorcycle allegedly fired four rounds at Mr Sawant, an upa-shakha pramukh (deputy branch head of Shiv Sena), in Gokul Nagar area, a police official said. Mr Sawant was rushed to a

New Delhi, Apr 23: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday warned all elected members and ministers of the BJP to steer clear of making controversial statements to the media. He made the comments during an interaction with the party's MPs, MLAs and other representatives through the NaMo App. "We commit mistakes and give masala to media. The moment we see a camera, we jump to make a statement as if

Ahmedabad, Apr 22: Coming down heavily on the Special Investigation Team (SIT) which probed the 2002 Naroda Patiya riot cases, the Gujarat High Court said there were several "shortfalls" in its probe. A division bench of Justices Harsha Devani and A S Supehia also said the investigation carried out by the SIT, which was constituted on the directions of the Supreme Court in 2008, did not "inspire